Sentence examples for coalition down from inspiring English sources

Their austerity drive alone could bring the coalition down, if people like Mr. Obama who fear that budget-slashing could drive economies like Britain's back into recession prove to be right.

One option on the table for Martin, the Fianna Fáil leader, is to copy that strategy and allow a minority Fine Gael government to rule alongside independents while promising not to bring the coalition down in a confidence vote.

52.6% said they most trusted the Coalition, down from 55.4% a week ago.

"If Bill Shorten had joined with the Greens and the crossbench, we could have stared the Coalition down and found fairer places to raise revenue".

But going ahead with a ballot could bring his coalition down.

A significant portion of his party could not see the justification for bringing the coalition down now, simply because the ruling centre-left party refused to delay a vote, due on Friday, to expel Mr Berlusconi from the senate.

The 39-page document "should set the agenda for the next parliament" and "throws down the gauntlet to the political parties to back fundamental changes to health services that could significantly improve care for patients", said Professor Chris Ham, chief executive of the King's Fund health think-tank and an ex-coalition Downing Street adviser on the NHS.

(Their previous attempt at a coalition broke down within five months).

But would even a grand coalition get down to renewing the federal structure and shaking up the voting system?

In an ominous sign of the times to come, the coalition broke down soon after he entered office.

Today, Jean-Pierre Chevenement, long a pivotal figure in Mr. Jospin's Socialist-led coalition, stepped down as interior minister.